Patents by Inventor Phillip Henry Blank

Phillip Henry Blank has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Air quality management apparatus for an electrostatographic printer
    Patent number: 6771916
    Abstract: An air quality management apparatus for use in a modular electrostatographic color printer. For air quality management a non-air-conditioned open-loop portion is provided for managing quality of air in a first interior volume, and an air-conditioned recirculation portion is provided for managing quality of air in a second interior volume. The first interior volume includes a fusing station for fusing color images on receiver members. The second interior volume includes a number of tandemly arranged image-forming modules, as well as an auxiliary chamber associated with, yet isolated from, each module, such that air-conditioned air flowing through each module does not mix with air-conditioned air supplied to the modules and to devices within the modules. The second interior volume is differentiated from the first interior volume by at least one separating member. The air-conditioning device is for controlling temperature and relative humidity of air included in the second interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Nexpress Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Gary P. Hoffman, Michael Kurt Rainer Schoenwetter, Carl Allen Luft, John Franklin Quester, Phillip Henry Blank, John Walter May
  • Air quality management apparatus for an electrostatographic printer
    Publication number: 20030091363
    Abstract: An air quality management apparatus for use in a modular electrostatographic color printer. For air quality management a non-air-conditioned open-loop portion is provided for managing quality of air in a first interior volume, and an air-conditioned recirculation portion is provided for managing quality of air in a second interior volume. The first interior volume includes a fusing station for fusing color images on receiver members. The second interior volume includes a number of tandemly arranged image-forming modules, as well as an auxiliary chamber associated with, yet isolated from, each module, such that air-conditioned air flowing through each module does not mix with air-conditioned air supplied to the modules and to devices within the modules. The second interior volume is differentiated from the first interior volume by at least one separating member. The air-conditioning device is for controlling temperature and relative humidity of air included in the second interior volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: NexPress Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Gary P. Hoffman, Michael Kurt Rainer Schoenwetter, Carl Allen Luft, John Franklin Quester, Phillip Henry Blank, John Walter May